Setting priorities for nutrition research in developing countries is likely based on a consensus of scientific opinions about what work would make real contributions to knowledge and to improvement of conditions, and what areas would be most fruitful. Two examples of priority lists are those compiled by the U.S. National Research Council and the U.K. Agricultural/Medical Research Councils; the former is larger in scope, influenced by the social sciences and includes policy and administration research, while the latter delves into underlying principles at the molecular level. The common ground is the attack on areas of ignorance. Another set of priorities lists the aims of development (satisfaction of basic needs, self-reliance, and environmental harmony) and examples of related research (estimating the magnitude and trends of malnutrition, risk factors of malnutrition and infectious diseases, and developing guidelines to orient food research to the neediest).
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